Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Digging the Earth's Crust

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Learners investigate the Earth's crust. In this geology lesson, students identify the materials made up of the Earth's crust and investigate the different kinds of soil.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rover Races

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students identify the challenges encountered by astronauts in operating a planetary rover. In this space science instructional activity, students create a rover using their team members. They follow a command sequence from the driver and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Diffusion

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners investigate diffusion using different solutions of chemicals placed in agar dishes. In this diffusion lesson plan, students observe 3 demonstrations of diffusion using perfume, food coloring in water and sugar cubes in water....
Website
Curated OER

Bermuda Triangle

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explore what the Bermuda triangle is and the theories as to why it is so mysterious.  In this mystery lesson students read and discuss the history and the mystery behind the Bermuda Triangle. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Does the Loss of Ozone Affect Our Climate

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the greenhouse effect and what it does to the environment. They discuss if and how human behavior contributes to global warming and test natural materials for carbon content.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Using Math to Build a Swimming Pool

For Students 10th
In this geometry learning exercise, 10th graders build a swimming pool using math to calculate all of the different dimensions. The pool is rectangular in shape and is measured in yards or meters. Students must convert to different units...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Science: Making Trace Fossils

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners explore types of fossils and discover how sediment affects fossil preservation. They focus their study on trace fossils and create their own using sediment, water, and a small organism such as a snail or lizard. Students use...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Volcanoes: Death and Recovery

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine the aftermath of a volcano. In groups, they participate in activities focusing on the impact on plants and animals. To end the lesson, they discuss the positives to the environment after a volcanic eruption.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tracking Current "Earth" Events

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders utilize Internet research skills, and practice their communication skills by presenting their research to the clas. They actively consider the types of hazards for humans associated with Natural Disaters and ways that...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Our Country's Environment

For Students 4th - 5th
In this environment worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle using the word bank and definitions for terms about the land and its water.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Greenhouse Effect

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Learners investigate the greenhouse effect. In this environmental lesson, students investigate why the greenhouse effect changes the climate through an experiment. Learners use vinegar to simulate how acid damages the environment.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Plate Tectonic - Volcanoes Post Lab

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discover volcanoes that occur around the world. They identifying volcano parts.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Murals With a Message

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners recognize historical and cultural influences in art and appreciate art as a vehicle for public expression of ideas. They develop group skills, working together to produce a single mural or several related murals.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Plant Cells and Tissues

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this plants activity, students review 17 vocabulary words associated with the different types of plant cells and tissues. This activity has 17 matching questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Eyewitness Accounts

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Young scholars role-play to show the eyewitness accounts of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens. In this volcanic eruption lesson, students act as reporters, eyewitnesses, and scientists to dramatize the eruption of Mt. St. Helens. They...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Drawing On Gray Toned Paper

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create an artwork that uses organizational principles and functions to solve a visual arts problem. The piece creates the illusion of transparency used to unify a work of art that demonstrates that light advances and darks recede.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Underground Pollution

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders construct their own aquifer. They discover how water travels underwater and identifies sources of underground pollution. They record their observations and discuss the results.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Stuffed Newspaper Butterfly

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students examine the parts of a butterfly. They use newspaper to build a replica of a butterfly. Students stuff the butterfly and paint it. They display the finished product.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

TIMELINE OF THE LAND

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students construct time lines using historical facts about the development of agriculture. Students research specific dates and events and report their findings to the class. Students tape or glue the sections together sequentially in a...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Forces in Fluids

For Students 7th - 9th
In this forces in fluids worksheet, students answer questions as they relate to forces in fluids. Students complete a chart about atmospheric pressure.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Finding Lateral and Total Surface Area

For Students 7th - 8th
Given concrete models and nets (2-dimensional models) of prisms, pyramids, and cylinders, the student will find and determine the lateral and total surface area.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Estimating Measurements and Using Formulas: Surface Area

For Students 7th - 8th
Given application problems involving lateral or total surface area the student will estimate measurements and solve the problems.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Surface Area and Volume of Prisms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students how to calculate the surface area and volume of prisms.
Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Surface Area Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Online calculator to calculate the surface area of geometric solids including a capsule, cone, frustum, cube, cylinder, hemisphere, pyramid, rectangular prism, sphere, spherical cap, and triangular prism